Automobile bumper



F; E. WORLLEY AUTOMOBILE BUMPER Filed Oct. 26,

V m, TTORNEY imentaleppeerancfe ofxen'e o rs mor'eoffsuch. itoenable-theattafchmeiit-iat"op'ppsite'ends 15' with a fthin ornamentalistripOfijinetai 'of. Fig.6 is a sectien bhthe1ii1e'5 5 of Figfi the1ise qfrivets,-be1ts rf theiike which 1EigQ1s wu1d ma the app arance of. suchorna- :Referfing' now to tliefsefirawiiigs which J f end portions;

"This inventioii i'eleteetoi hprovefi entsin 'illustr'ated in theacizompanying;vclrtiivi'ilgs, in ut mob umpereui 1 I i .=,1" s One 0fthe objets o i? thisinye ition i's tb Fig; l'is an elevatibii :ef thejearallelb ai' 'hprpduc'e gi'bu'mpei fein'bodying a; nbvel.inem"bumper:embedyingfmyiiiventioliij i 1 ber of enhaneed pinaiiie'ntalizippearance zihd 2 i's ajp1an V'ew of thebumpe shown "60. tomquntthe samejin'vb imper'iti a manner 'inFl jlg M f v .7 will f ullydiplzty'the attifitetive'ornw' '5 Fig; 3 isw'plan View of a bztrreversely'be it impact membersf afid' will" eajuse the}"bi n'i'per':th'e oi'namehtal'iillaid strip y r 10 to avea; finished,appearance,particularly ,FigL4 isa-siniil'ar plan viewfshowing the"around. the 'eppqsite. ei ids f said} impact ba1"in*it's normal'bo'wedposition 'with'the jzpembers 1-; f If thin-Ornamental stripbecufel'irand tightly.

' Aliiother'objec t bf theifihventien'ie to pfo-w held in placebygthe'ihherent resiliencebf 'vide an imp'aetba havinginhefentresiliehcethe'bar;

, e entrastingieolor and to'utilize the inherent *6iodking'ih'thedireetion' of'the'airow;* i es'ilience f the said. impactbarto precure Ffig."6- ise section bn'theiihe 6%6 OfFig. faftight'retentiqii of such strip on" the said- '5glooking inthejdii'e'ction f the-arrow, end cbar intermediate theende thereof;witheut Fig 7 is sectibn o n 1th'e 1ine7 7-"0f.

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,m'entalstrips intermediate theendsef such illustrate a Kpieferi'ed.embodiment 'o'fmy bars; f,

, inventiOn,:1Q, 10'indicate ia ipairefjimpaet'. Another object ftheinve itio is to pro; b a'rs eachbomprising a spring steelbafbf 4 V wideanimpact bar inv hich 'the'0r 1amenta1 Suitable"thiekiiees and :aien'gth'whigh W111 8Q stripwill;be tightljretained'o rthe barjby :causeit tqfextenci transversely zicrss ithe Such i herei1t"spri g' power'ariind eurved Chassis wheels 0f gn -a1it0mdbi1e. Eachorl'oo'ped'ggend,pertio is thereof andithu to of tl'ie-i'mpaetmembers-i0,.10"is provided: improvelthe 'app'eaiance of the baratsaid l on theflfi ont; face thereof with Qa' shallow a i 1 iugrooigejpre'fei'ebly havinginlaid or'fitte din Still another" objectefjthe invention" is to s aid' groove and ,seeure1y and tightly fasjiirbdiieeenextended area bumper" formed IteIieclktO the bars, a: thinornamental metal 1 efuwplurality of suchjbars withgqt passing stripfll-which is preferably coloredfto eoni fsaid' ,stiips and to maintatjihjzt greatly '1m- -':p1at ed er polished thus producingian rnit ends bfr,said nb'ai'sfand" at theTcurvedeiids I accordance with my inventionthis thinthereqf; also?tbv avoidtheuse 0i unsightly imetal Orinamentztl' strip is' c0n'nected=t0}the A}? rivets between" the" ends b'fithebarsjaiso only et'the end,"poi-tiohsithxieof"and 1s" f I t0afc1d to thedurability tthe bargeiiditoiheld seei rely" n place withinthe "groove; 4afi oid places sublyba'rsQwhyre cbrio'sion i g' li s iid 213211jinterniediate the ends' theieof its-likelytofbcemx-L' j *wlthdutthe'iise efi'iyets, .dr otherxfastenlng' I" "Still 'a'n other, objeetisvt j provide an exdevices whichWouldjmt only mar theoi na- V '4 V etremely Simple method of attaching ornate mental 'eifectofthe iiountlngioftheiniaid19 i mentai'stripste bumpejrbars with a'ministrip but-WO111 di Pf0V1de1 cracks. andl'jomt's mum amount of time and labor. 7 gwhich are likelylto corrodeflndthhs further With these mid otherobjectsin View, the to detr ct fr m 01 mar the -appea an ef inventioncomprises the combination 3 of durability of the bar. Th1sft1ght,drhug-z 59 members and arrangement Qf'parts so COIIlf ging connectionisaceeinpli'shed with'amim 9' x bined. as to co-act and cooperate witheach mum" amount of time andjl'abo'r by {utilizing V Aether in the'performanee of thezfunetione the-inherent resilienceefthehsyring barfer V and-the aeeomplishment'of the resultsherein the fpur'poe'e oftightly reta ning the said eentemplated, and comprises-in one of itsstrip-with n" the grooves: intermediate-j the T 5 adaptationsigpeciesior. pi eferredferm. said-endsi 'lhus theberie feversely bowedas indicatedin Fig; 3 so to shorten the distancebetwe'en theendsther'eof. A thin ornametal strip 11 of proper length'is thenconnected rivets 12 to the opposite eX 'tremities only of the bar 10,the said strip 11 passing around the curved or looped ends 13, 13 ofthe said her, after which the bar a 10 is allowed gradually to assumeits normal outwardly-bowed position as indicated in Fig. a. In thisposition the strip will fit within" the grooveand be tightened andretained against the surface thereof by the inherent resilience of thebar and an mpact member of enhanced ornamental appearance will beProduced. Furthermore, thefastehing of the ornamental strip'to'the barwill be 7 substantially concealed from= view around the front faces 'ofthe two the looped orcurved ends thereof and these ends as well as themiddle portionof the bar. will present a finished ornamental ap.pearanee and will cause a bumper in which -t-he bar; is embodied to;have an enhanced ornamental; and finished appearance,

In the preferred embodiment of my invent1on,,a pair of such ornamentalbars having inlaid [strips- '11 so attached are held 7 between their endor looped portions by clamps. 14,;14- each of which abuts against barsand look the same in place without the passing of rivets or, the likethrough the said ornamental strips or. through the bars themselves. Endclamps'15, 15 are employed for the ends of ends in hte d n a w sa he bthe said .two bars 10. I

however, are each provided with an exten- These end clamps,

sion- 15f Whichjabuts against. the rear surfaces of said impact bars andalso clamps to the double impact bars singleirear bars 17 by bolts16,-:which rear bars 17- are-preferably reversely curved to form loops18 v v and'ha've their freeends 19- engaged by the intermediate clampsll-f These rear bars are connected ntermediate their ends with conventonal bracket bars20 wlncharesurtably fastened to the chassis of the carin any suitable manner not shown.

Having described my nventlon, I cla1 m:- v r 1. An impact bar forautomobile bumpersembodying a-resilient fbar, an ornamental stripfastened to said bar at'the opposite ends only and retained intermediatesaid the s eer r sil ehe' her thereof.

7 2. An impact bar for automobile bumpers embodying aresilient barlprovided on its front face with a groove, an ornamental strip inlaidwithin said groove and fastened to said bar at the'opposite ends onlyand retainedintermediate said ends in tightened contact with said bar bythe inherent re- Veiliencethereof. r 7

An impact bar forautomobile bumpers comprising a bar of resilient metalprovided withloopedends a thin strip of 'ornamental metal fastened'tofsaid bar at the terminal portions thereof and extending around thesaid looped ends, saidstrip being tightly retainedon th f e pzfrsapidbar by the inherent resilie th v w 4. A bumper comprising aw-pluralityof impact bars 'ea eh comprising a bar of resili- 'ent metal havingathin strip preeminent] metal fastened thereto at the .oppositefendsthergeof only; said strip being held intermediate thee'nds'. ofsaidbarby the inherent resilienceof: the metal thereof and said bar a dstr p being i per eatei aaees said *end fastenings, "and.clampingjmean's rm 1 mounting said plurality off-"bars to form a bumperof, extended impact areas, said clamping means having engagement withthe outer barsf 5 The process" of attaching ornamental strips of metalto impact bumper bars of eontact against thesame by silience thereof. r'7 V p 6. The process of attaching ornamental surfaces only ofimperforate strips of meta-1 to impact bumper bars of 7 spring metalconsisting in bendingthe springmetal bar in reversed direction to reduceuthe distance between 'itsends, attach:

ing thei ornamental strip, at opposite ends to said bar while soreversely bent and then to permit said bar to assume 'itsnormal poj.sition and. to retain said strips in eontact against the same by theinherent; resilience In witness whereof, I have signed my name tothefforegoing sp'eoificatioml FOSTER

